This will send a password reset to your email address on file. A reminder that your email address on your account must be valid and working to receive the reset request.

Hey everybody,

We would love to hear your feedback and any suggestions you may have for our new VWVortex store.

Let us know if there is a color option you would like added or a particular merchandise item you would like to see in the store. Have you had a chance to buy an item from our store? Then we want to hear what you think about the merchandise you bought.

If you would like to provide feedback/suggestions please post in here in the Store Feedback forum.

Man tries using EBT card for bail: your hard earned tax dollars put to good use

And this is not an isolated incident. I spoke to a man in the city the other day who told me that while he was on unemployment (two years) he was able to fund 7 cruises to the Caribbean. If it doesn't anger you that people can fund vacations, drug habits and bail with you and your families hard earned money then I lost all hope for the US.

LOL i have seen people use them for everything, when i worked at a grocery store this lady would come in in her brand new mercedes wearing a fur coat and large gaudy rings and buy lobsters with her EBT card

the system is such a joke it should only work for food at grocery stores

im super angry.... that one exceptional incident is used to suggest that an entire system is broken.
but hey, thats what faux news is for

they tried that in florida. it didnt really work as well as the anti-welfare crowd would have hoped.

It's not an isolated incident. Abuse of government aid is abundant. I know someone who is the landlord for several section 8 houses, where the tennents also get free utilities (heat ain't cheap in the winter), food stamps, etc.. and yet they're able to afford giant flat screens, brand new kicks, nice cars, etc. Something is broken.

but seriously, so what? lets get everyone foaming at the mouth about how poor people are wasting their government checks while we turn a blind eye to all the other (much more significant) wastes of your tax dollars...

whats the answer? cut them all off? the economy doesnt work like that...

but seriously, so what? lets get everyone foaming at the mouth about how poor people are wasting their government checks while we turn a blind eye to all the other (much more significant) wastes of your tax dollars...

whats the answer? cut them all off? the economy doesnt work like that...

Did you watch the video?
The first step is to start by not allowing EBT cards to issue cash from ATMs.
Next would be to be more stringent with who can receive the cards (criminals).
Then they could set up some form of electronic system where only the essentials are allowed to be purchased. (food, water, clothing).

Not seven cruises in the passed two years. I don't know any hard working American that has the time to take 7 cruises!

but seriously, so what? lets get everyone foaming at the mouth about how poor people are wasting their government checks while we turn a blind eye to all the other (much more significant) wastes of your tax dollars...

whats the answer? cut them all off? the economy doesnt work like that...

It does if you know what to "cut them off" with.
Scum like this is a bigger problem to the economy than the 1% problem.

Sent from my Droid using an escape pod to Tattoine.

Originally Posted by mad8vskillz

they're trying to skip out on their contracts via rapture. not very christian of them

And this is not an isolated incident. I spoke to a man in the city the other day who told me that while he was on unemployment (two years) he was able to fund 7 cruises to the Caribbean. If it doesn't anger you that people can fund vacations, drug habits and bail with you and your families hard earned money then I lost all hope for the US.

i didnt see your post above his, but i agree with what you wrote earlier. i actually looked up my states rules and for some reason i thought you couldnt use them at ATMs here, but i guess you can.

the thing im most amused by is the folks who treat this as the biggest problem our nation has ever faced or some other such nonsense, while ignoring the other much more costly abuses of "the system" because its easier to point the finger at poor people.

I feel bad for people in a bad situation as long as they didn't put themselves there by dropping out of school or something of the like, and am more than willing to help my fellow man. I do however have no compassion for the lazy and ignorant. If you can afford beer/cigarettes, drugs, chrome wheels, etc.. GTF off of public assistance.

Sent from my Droid using an escape pod to Tattoine.

Originally Posted by mad8vskillz

they're trying to skip out on their contracts via rapture. not very christian of them

No lie, my hand to God. I was having the conversation with my mother and the 27 year old man was bragging about it. Yes, I remember it so clearly because my mother made a point to tell him that it's nice that he can go on cruises with her tax dollars while she can't even afford to go on them herself. So yes, the story is true. Now, if he was telling the truth? We will never know.

Originally Posted by ValveCoverGasket

i didnt see your post above his, but i agree with what you wrote earlier. i actually looked up my states rules and for some reason i thought you couldnt use them at ATMs here, but i guess you can.

the thing im most amused by is the folks who treat this as the biggest problem our nation has ever faced or some other such nonsense, while ignoring the other much more costly abuses of "the system" because its easier to point the finger at poor people.

I never said it was the biggest problem. But for people this is usually the one that pulls closer to home. People work hard for their money. And when they see people leeching off the system buying bail, chrome wheels, gaudy jewelry and new cell phones, that the tax payers can't even afford, it pisses them off.

All benefits INCLUDING CHILD SUPPORT come on the same card in IN. When I see a person using one, I might be able to make a decent assumption as to the source of the benefit. Most people that I know that have a card simply ATM the money out and put it in the bank. Most people using just the card are the non banking sort or the sort that does not get cash benefits. I don't care what you do with your unemployment. EBT simply means you get the benefit on a card.

Ah yes, it's always rewarding after a long day at work to stand behind someone at the store and watch them pay for grape drank and cookies (dinner for da keedz) with the ol' EBT, then whip out some cash for a couple packs of Kools and $30 worth of lottery tickets.

If there's any doubt about events like this actually occurring, I invite you to spend 10 minutes in any North Milwaukee convenience store (bringing some sort of weapon to defend yourself wouldn't be a bad idea either).

And this is not an isolated incident. I spoke to a man in the city the other day who told me that while he was on unemployment (two years) he was able to fund 7 cruises to the Caribbean. If it doesn't anger you that people can fund vacations, drug habits and bail with you and your families hard earned money then I lost all hope for the US.

In his defense, maybe they were all on Carnival. Then it wouldn't really be like a vacation.